North Florida indie-folk songwriter Gileah Taylor’s new chamber-pop album Slow Parade (out Apr. 26 via Velvet Blue Music) is an autobiographical concept album about life’s journey from idealized childhoods to choosing happiness as an adult. Gileah is a songwriter at the top of her game as piano and guitars join lush orchestral strings in this album exploring dichotomies of depression and hope—all through a filter of family, romance, and the secrets that the moon and the sun hold. It’s a record about embracing change and growing into a better version of yourself.
Gileah (pronounced GIL-ee-uh) has opened for Over the Rhine, played festival stages with Jeff Tweedy and Roseanne Cash, and has been a live guest on NPR’s Echoes. You can hear her song “Going Home” in the Netflix original series 13 Reasons Why. Her new record Slow Parade was produced by Nashville brothers Gideon Klein and Gabe Klein, and features a string quartet led by Gideon on cello.
Glide is premiering the radiant “Summer Jubilee” (below) that reflects Regina Spektor’s charismatic approach that explores poignant tales while knocking our ears with modern Faye Webster twists. The song hones on familiar ’70s melodies and phrasing while gracing us with top-notch production and orchestration
“I wrote “Summer Jubilee” in early spring a couple of years ago. I was in a daydreaming mood and looking forward to hot summer days. A story my husband told me about a rare phenomenon called a jubilee came to my mind. These events only happen in the dog days of summer in a couple of places in the world. Essentially, sea life in the deep waters of a bay seemingly panic when low-oxygen water hits the deep and entire species will throw themselves on the shore. He got to see a jubilee in the bay he grew up on when he was a child. I imagined what it was like for him and how thrilling that must have been. I also remembered myself as a little girl. In the song, I’m talking about the passing of time, for sure, and also about how I don’t want to waste any time when I know something magical is happening – like the fish in the jubilee jumping on shore – they are right there, all you have to do is get a bucket and scoop them into it,” says Taylor.
